Where does “catte” come from?

catte (English) comes from English cat, from Middle English catte, from Old English catte, from Germanic *kattǭ, from Germanic *kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

catte (English): Obsolete spelling of cat

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of cat

Ancestry of “catte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcatAn animal of the family Felidae; A person; A...
2Middle Englishcatte
3Old Englishcattea female cat
4Germanic*kattǭ
5Germanic*kattuz
6Latincattusa cat
7Latincattaa cat
Every word from Latin cattaEvery word from Latin cattusEvery word from Germanic *kattuz